Showing posts with label semester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label semester. Show all posts

February 21, 2011

traffic situations
TerryFebruary 21, 2011 2 comments

It's week 7, exam week at la universidad. I spent my entire weekend reading for today's 1:20-3:00 pm paper. gracias Adios I did coz the paper was a total WALK-OVER, yeah! and I still had to attend the other classes.

Kind request to lecturer's: please give us a break during mid-sem week !!!

to the titled issue; usually it takes me 25 minutes from home to campus in the morning and 45 minutes in the evening to get back home but today ..... Whoa x 8 !!!! a whole 2hours !! Mind you I didn't come across any incident to warrant the traffic jam.
I think the problem with Kenyan drivers is that they get into a "hurry" once they see 5 cars infront, then everybody starts wrapping  (Ooops! mother tongue influence) overlapping. I thought matatus were the worst offenders but it's seems private motorists have taken over.

You know what's even worse?? seeing jalopies and shindes jostling for space allover pedestrian paths and muddy patches. I excuse the jalopies but the shindes ......mschew!..... NO. You gotta treat your car with RESPECT, if you want it to serve you well and for long otherwise it will join that group I just forgave sooner that you can pandisha it on the side walk.

plus it's very an embarrassing, uncouth and classless behaviour, Trust me, I know ......  Last week I got pulled over and was almost arrested/charged for this bad behaviour. I felt so ashamed and unworthy of the Pajero I was driving. I told a lie that I will not repeat on this public forum to get  myself off the messy situations and promised myself not to do that again, after all, even the other motorists have places to get to.

Back to today's humongous traffic, I made the best out of all that jam ............ filing, buffing and cleaning my nails, oh, and removing the cuticles too in between driving at snail's pace. I even had enough time left to pop my pimples but that's another bad habit I dropped !!!
On the downside, I never jaza tank my car unless eeeeeeehhhh ... NEVER ! Usually i fuel enough for 2 - 3 days. I had enough fuel for today and tomorrow, to and from Campus but what is left won't even get me to Thika Road *sob* *sob* I'll just have to 'steal'  hubby's new ride  kwanza av been yearning to use it.

Thanks Henry, you motivate me even when I think my writing is lacking or this blog is let me not say that word. I do appreciate your moral support

February 16, 2011

charlar con Fatma
TerryFebruary 16, 2011 0 comments

Hoy he charlado en español! con mi profesora de Relaciones Internacionales.Ella dijo que hablo muy bueno español, ella  actualmente pensaba que espanol es mi 'minor' y se sorprendió de que yo acaba de comenzar en mi segundo curso.
Esto de una señora que vivía en España haciendo "su maestría y doctorado, presentó su tesis en español y los profesores allí un semestre cada año.
 

Today I had a niiiice chat, in Spanish !!! with my International Relations lecturer.. She said I speak very good Spanish, she actually thought it's my minor and was surprised I just started on the 2nd course.
This from a lady who lived in Spain doing her Masters' and PhD, presented her thesis in Spanish and lecturers there one semester every year.


muy alentador! gracias señora Fatma

January 6, 2011

back to balancing
TerryJanuary 6, 2011 2 comments

Today I went to pick up my course texts for next semester, wooohh ! am so glad I did coz I dealt with issues that would have been to much for me to handle on Monday. what with Library fines that had to be removed coz I wasn't at  fault and a canceled class that nobody thought it important to communicate?

Anywho, I'm looking forward to a new year, new semester, new classes, new lecturers, new friends and ofcourse a chance to gain knowledge and prove that with straight A's.

if you notice my new blog header, that will be me from next week; Mommy, wifey, student in addition to the other facets. balancing all that can be quiet a challenge, crazy enough, I ENJOY IT !! It's a chance to prove women can multi-task and perform exemplary.

Tomorrow am going shopping  with my two very good buddies from campus to get a wardrobe update, you know now, heeeeeeeeeh! gotta look mmmmwwwwwaaaaahh! in spring. I'll post about it.

moments of bliss, yeeeeeeaahh